My Parents Doubled My Rent So My Unemployed Sister Could Move In, So I Moved Out and Took Everything

grew shallow. Shock was eating him alive.

“Stay awake,” I ordered, tapping his cheek. “Talk to me.”

“I’m so cold,” he whispered. “So tired.”

“If you sleep, you die,” I said, and my voice held no softness because softness would kill him. “Remember when you broke your arm climbing that guava tree? You cried all day and tried climbing again the next morning.continue reading …